I had a feeling in spring training that this team had the potential to go all the way. We have the best pitching staff in Japanese baseball and our batting order is strong from top to bottom.
Akinobu Okada
Related Whether I'm pitching,or in the outfield, there is a sense that this is a complete team this year. We... GLENN WITKOWSKI We're armed and ready. We definitely have the pitchers. This is probably the best pitching staff I'v... DENNY MARTIN To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... This is the deepest pitching staff that we've had so far. And since we have three section games a we... MARK RIGGIN We are very optimistic. I like the depth of our pitching staff, I think we have a lot of versatility... JOHN RITTMAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run and I think we're primed... RUSTY WALLACE We've always been on the doorstep and I think this year is our year to prove that we are up in that ... CYNDY KENYON Had we played to our potential, I think we would have had a very decent shot of advancing all the wa... ALEXIS ETOW Our league has had an incredible season from top to bottom and start to finish. The league is at its... JIM LARRANAGA We had some pretty good swings from the top to the bottom of the order tonight. JACK LEGGETT I have had shoulder injuries in the past, but usually it's from training. WARREN CUCCURULLO Our pitching staff is as strong as anybody in this league. For the most part of this season, we were... ERIC COLEMAN I disagree with that. We had the best left-hander in the history of baseball (Steve Carlton) pitchin... DICKIE NOLES I'm able to use this spring training to really prepare for the season, where normally I'd have to co... AARON COOK We had our best spring ever. The World Baseball Classic brings a new dimension. I think it's terrifi... DON CARSON We didn't hit in situations and we had some sloppy fundamentals. I said earlier this spring I want t... CHARLIE MANUEL The team from last year had been through so much together. We came from the bottom to the top with t... BOBBY JONES There was a long discussion on middle order batting and we thought that this is the best team we can... KIRAN MORE All I know is we've got to win (from here). I challenged the guys to believe that we can do it. Toni... JOE WEAVER I think we're a little deeper this year. Our pitching is a little bit more solid now, from top to bo... TED WHITE Great group of kids. Best I have ever had from top to bottom. This group of girls are mentally and p... JOE NORTH I don't think anybody did. We have too many days off and too many pitchers -- 15 were pitching for t... DENNYS REYES I'm looking for us to do something special. I think top to bottom in our lineup we have the best hit... COLLIN COWGILL He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY I was very pleased. We hit a little bit better than I had anticipated. From the top of the order to ... ANN MUNZENMAIER We have a solid pitching staff and should be solid defensively. We should be a competitive team in a... CARL RELYEA Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. I won an MVP trophy with the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Association. I didn't even start. I was ... NELLY The girls played well but came up short. West had a good day on its home course. We also saw the bes... JOHN ZIMMERMAN I really hate that word, 'competition.' I don't see it that way. Me and Ryan, we can push each other... HUMBERTO COTA We've adjusted really well to the pitching these last two games. If the top of our lineup is struggl... LISA DEY It's pretty obvious that we lacked offensive punch last season. Even more than pitching, part of the... ATSUYA FURUTA The way it works, ... is I did not look at a roster. Everyone had to earn their way on to the team. ... CHRIS WHITE To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ... CALVIN WILSON We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro... GARY F EVANS... I have been training hard since the beginning of the spring because I wanted to show a lot of abilit... LEE SEUNG YEOP The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE We are delighted to have our top starting pitcher back from last year. He is one of the top pitchers... HAL LANIER We had a good, good rehearsal. We didn't go very long, but it has been a good spring. We wanted to m... HOUSTON NUTT This has the potential to be the best team I've coached in my four years here. I had these seniors a... BILL SHEPPARD I played two years in Pawtucket. They have the best fans in baseball. It is close to Boston, and it'... TROT NIXON I'm proud of our effort because we gutted it out at the end and made plays when we had to. The most ... BRADY SALLEE Pitching in this series is not easy, because every team is good and can hit. I was feeling really go... DANIEL CABRERA We were supposed to be tired, but between the lines this team doesn't think about too much. We're a ... BENGIE MOLINA We haven't been in this position in long time. Our pitching staff is all new. JAMES APICELLI I bet you he'd like to have the lineup he had in spring training. When I came here, I thought this w... JOSE VALENTIN I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florid... STEVE EARLE In the district meet, you have to have good depth. We've had good depth the last few years. The key ... CRAIG HARRIS It's been our Achilles' heel all year long. We have one of the best pitching staffs in baseball and ... RON GARDENHIRE We've probably got the best team going into the spring we have had for a few years, ... We seem to b... BART CUMMINGS Top to bottom, this is a very balanced team. We have great fencers in every event. DAVE MICAHNIK We'll have a different look to our team. We'll have in my estimation the best pitching staff in the ... DAVE CIARRACHI Spring Training doesn't go on the back of your baseball card, but this is one of my plans for the ye... CONOR JACKSON What the schedule says is what you have to do. You have to deal with it. Coming out of spring traini... JIM TRACY The consistency I've had, I think, is the most important thing. When I'm pitching, I feel our team i... CHRIS CARPENTER Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING We like this team for a variety of reasons, and the main ones being the experience, having our sette... JEFF CARROLL In order for us to be effective as a pitching staff, we have to get ahead in the count. We have to m... MARGO JONKER I am proud of the success of our student staff program, the selection and training of RAs, the calib... CRAIG ALLEN I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which ... GEORGE ALEXANDER This is the best feeling I've ever had. I couldn't believe it when we got up, and I'm so happy our t... KYLE CONRAD We took our best batting practice, so far. I thought we had a good chance to hit this guy, and we ca... DONNIE WATSON I think from an offensive standpoint that's not the key component in our situation. They have to han... TONY REAGINS This is another great opportunity for our guys to play against top competition in one of college bas... CRAIG GIBSON When you consider the nine players in the batting order, this team is a little better than the 1993 ... BOB BOWEN Not that I've seen. Maybe every once in a while our training staff just talked to him a little bit t... BO RYAN This was a big game for sure. We knew we had to win this in order to keep pace in the West Division,... DAN DAWSON I think this is going to be the best team this school has ever had. This team on paper should be one... MARK MEDOW I think this team is going to be more offensive oriented then we have been. Another of the things th... BRAD HOLLAND In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies. JACK ADAMS Daniel deserves all the credit. We had several scoring opportunities to break the game open. We didn... MANNY ACTA How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. Best team I've ever played on. We had lights-out pitching all year, and everybody was crushing the b... JOE MACK This team clearly has the potential to go all the way. But, dynamics have to come together for that ... CHUCK ROBIE Our team is still based primarily on pitching and defense. This is just a bonus for us. We have the ... DREW STUBBS We had such strong teams the four years I was there. Winning it in '90 and going back to the final a... DOUG MACDONALD I don't think in this case that we had to re-build at all since the Olympics. We had a big, strong g... ALICIA SACRAMONE We're all excited to get going. We had a lot going on in spring training. It feels good to know the ... CHAD CORDERO He can really go the distance, and that's something you like to see in pitchers. Our pitching staff ... JAY STONE In training this week we have talked about the dropped catches, which ruined our chances. The battin... DELROY MORGAN He's a dedicated player and he'll get some important at-bats. The real key is pitching. If our pitch... VIN ABENE Everybody puts everything on the court. Our singles team are always hustling and we are a solid team... BRUCE HERR One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES The best part for me was realizing how much team chemistry pays off in the end. That is really what ... MARITA PAYNE He called out to his fellow monks,'Come quickly I am tasting stars. JOHN GREEN I am looking forward to having the best season that I can have. Hopefully, we can play as a team and... JUSTIN ANDERSON You have to understand that was the first outing he's had all spring. You're probably not going to h... MATT GALANTE He's been the best catcher we've had in the 15 years I've been here. He brings that smartness to the... MARK VOGEL I am training in California, Pennsylvania, and this is the best training camp I have ever had and I ... CALVIN BROCK Playing the way we were playing, I didn't have the desire to come to the ballpark. This year, from w... ODALIS PEREZ We haven't been scoring runs. We've had enough good pitching. Our offense needs to pick up the pitch... LUIS SALAZAR Our pitching has been strong this year and it is nice to know that you have a staff to rely on, not ... LEIGH ROSS We're a different club. We're not as offensively potent as last year, but our pitching is more solid... PHIL GARNER The bottom of the batting order came through. DENIS UHL They stacked (the wagons) up from the most expensive on the bottom to the cheapest on top, and Dad h... STAN PERKINS I think over spring break, a lot of us had some time to see our families and get our bodies rested u... ASHLEY KEY The Austrians, I think they are the best in the world, from top to bottom. But I think the only team... KRISTINA KOZNICK
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